Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

H. D. MUGERDITOHYAN.

' CUFF HOLDER.

No. 447,493. Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

HAIG DER MUGERDITOI-IYAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,493, dated March 3, 1891.

Application filed OotoherZO, 1890. Serial No. 368,757. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAIG DER MUGERDITCH- YAN, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pun-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved cuffholder, and comprises a stem which has at one end a clamping device adapted to engage the shirt-sleeve and its other end upturned to support a button mechanism, the latter consisting of a pin rotatably secured in the upturned portion of the stem and bearing at its opposite ends bars rotatable in planes parallel to the stem, and so disposed in relation to each other that when one has entered the button-hole of a cuff and has been turned transversely thereof the other is maintained at right angles to the first by means of a spring-bar secured with said stem within a suitable .seat formed at the end of the stem.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the device, showing the cuffattaching bar turned in position to enter the button-aperture of the cult. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the cuff-attaching bar turned into the position of use. Fig. 4 is a front end elevation, and Fig. 5 a rear end elevation.

In the drawings, 6 represents the stem of the cuff-holder, which has attached to the end thereof the clasp or clamp 7, having the serrated clamping-jaws S 9, the lower of which is affixed to the stem 6 by a pivot-pin 9, so that the clasp maybe rotated in a plane parallel to the stem to adapt it for engagement with the sleeve in any desired situation. At its forward end the stem 6 has the upturned portion 10 doubled upon itself and the end thereof resting upon a curved portion 11, forming a seat beneath it. The upturned portion 10 is apertured at the bend and also in the curved portion 11 for the passage of a pin 12, which carries at the upper end thereof a bar 13 of suitable length and size to enter the button-aperture of a cuif. end of the pin issecured a short bar 14 at right angles in the direction of its length to the bar 13.

15 is a spring secured by the rivets 16 to To the lower the stem 6 and having its forward end downwardly curved and cut away to form the seat 17.

In operation, supposing the parts to be in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the bar 13 is inserted through the button-aperture and then turned one-quarter round, so as to stand in the position shown in Fig. 3, which will bring it transversely of the button-aperture, and the bar 14 will rest in the seat beneath the curved portion 11 of the stem 6. spring exerts a constant pressure upon the bar 14, and hence when the bar 13 is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the bar 14 will rest in the seat 17, and will be prevented from turning by the pressure of the spring 15. This bar will yield to the force exerted by rotating the pivot-pin, which will cause the bar 14 to pass out of the seat 17 and seat itself beneath the curved portion 11, in which seat it will be securely maintained by the pressure ofthe spring-bar, thus preventing its accidental turning to a position in which it could withdraw from the cuff. This constant pressure of the spring 15 is the distinguishing feature of my invention.

I claim 1. A cuff-holder comprising, in combination with a stem having at one end thereof a clamp or clasp to engage the shirt-sleeve and at the other end means for engaging the cuff, said means comprising an upturned end of the stem, a rotatable pin journaled in said upturned portion and carrying at each end thereof short bars substantially at right angles to the pin and to each other, and aspring having one end thereof secured to the stem and its opposite end bearing upon the lower of said bars and adapted to exert a constant pressure thereon, substantially as described.

2. A cuff-holder comprising, in combination, a stem or shank provided at one end with a clasp or clamp to engage the shirt-sleeve and having its opposite end upturned and a seat formed at an angle thereof, a pin rotatably secured to the upturned portion by passing through longitudinal apertures therein, said pin bearing at each end thereof short bars disposed angular-1y with reference to the pin and to each other, and a spring having one end secured with the shank and the other The i therein, the pin 12,]1aving the bars 11. 14, and the spring 15, having" the seat ]7,substzu1- t-iztlly as described.

IIAIG DER MUGERDITOHYAN. Xitnesses:

N. COSTIKYAN, V. P. GURUNIAN. 

